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Meanings of self-deprecating in English
Synonyms
Examples for "self-depreciation"
Examples for "self-depreciation"
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So speaks Mrs. Davis, in noble self-depreciation of herself and her class.
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She was touched to the heart by his self-depreciation and profound respect.
3
Sometimes, again, the dramatic sense takes the form of an exaggerated self-depreciation.
4
The man was broken-hearted; he suffered tortures of loneliness, disappointment, doubt, self-depreciation.
5
His attitude towards them was not one of humble self-depreciation any more.
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There's a level of self-hatred in giving these people too much power.
2
And then the terror and the self-hatred and the torment left Sean.
3
He acknowledges to himself his remorse and his self-hatred for his failures.
4
The spiral of self-hatred deepens, until even my toothbrush is mocking me.
5
Watcher of the Dead, thought Raif with a dull stab of self-hatred.
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The remainder of their lives was passed in sorrow, solitude, and self-contempt.
2
But self-contempt may well consist with perseverance in gratification of ignoble instincts.
3
But I snapped the key fast and straightened myself with sharp self-contempt.
4
Fury and pain give way to a mix of disgust and self-contempt.
5
Never man felt self-horror as I felt it then, self-loathing and self-contempt.
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Contemporary self-hate is moving from light-skin praise to White skin praise.
2
Baker says she lived with self-hate for a long time.
3
In 2016, what are the parameters of Black self-hate and how is it measured?
4
He bears our hate for him and our self-hate, too.
5
I've known terror and indifference, self-hate and general disgust.
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But this sense of wrongness and self-deprecation began to bring back bitterness.
2
She eschews grand schemes, preferring the virtues of modesty, patience, and self-deprecation.
3
He leaves the interview in a flurry of Johnsonian charm and self-deprecation.
4
All I can do is this. He said it with total self-deprecation.
5
Such honest self-deprecation has been part of Heathers' fabric for quite some time.
Usage of self-deprecating in English
1
It's a bit of a problem, she laughed in a self-deprecating fashion.
2
He's self-deprecating and quick-witted enough to keep the action breezing right along.
3
For all the shared self-deprecating glee, nobody really knows what to expect.
4
It was self-deprecating, sometimes angry, often witty - and a great success.
5
At this point you might expect a self-deprecating tale of my pratfall.
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Looking for a self-deprecating tweet that proves you're also in the know?
7
With typical self-deprecating cheek, Viz repeatedly put those words on the cover.
8
The image's quirkiness is in keeping with Belgium's self-deprecating, ironic, national style.
9
He gave her a self-deprecating grin that made Kelly's heart flip over.
10
He can be charmingly self-deprecating one moment, and repellently vain the next.
11
Then he stepped back, managed that self-deprecating smile he did so well.
12
Sterling's explanation for why he can be unfairly hammered is charmingly self-deprecating.
13
The emissary spread his hands apart, giving an impression of self-deprecating modesty.
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Meanwhile, Kenneth Branagh and Simon Callow gamely play themselves in self-deprecating cameos.
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The sound of her self-deprecating humor twisted the knife in his chest.
16
Instead of being emotionally candid we're perpetually sarcastic, self-deprecating and deliberately unpolished.